Wednesday, 20 July 2016

This is the final part of my Convic report. You can find the previous part here.Day 1 had gone pretty well for me, but now we were heading into Day 2. Now we were using our full-sized 2000 point lists. I'll put all 3 of the remaining games in this one post. Hopefully the number of pictures won't break your browser. :PGame 52000 points, Loot!Ben Rantall, Ogres with Goblin allies

Siegebreaker horde with Brew of Haste

Boomer horde with Blessing of the Gods

Boomer horde with Chant of Hate

Berserker Brave regiment

Giant

Giant

Red Goblin Blaster

Red Goblin Blaster

Grokagamok

Army Standard Bearer

Spitter regiment (Goblin allies)

Mawbeast regiment(Goblin allies)

Mawbeast regiment(Goblin allies)

Oh look, another Grokagamok! Perhaps we could have an epic Grokagamok showdown. Deploying against Ben's army immediately showed one of the weaknesses of my own list - I really only hard large horde (and even legion) sized units. It meant I didn't have a lot of smaller stuff with which to control deployment, objectives, or the game in general. Oh well, maybe I wouldn't need them.

2 Giants, eh? That could pose a problem. And that's Grokagamok standing next to them. So much hurtiness. The horde in front of him is the Siegebreakers.

Monday, 18 July 2016

This post is a continuation of my report of Convic. You can find the previous part here.After a win and a loss with my 1000 point list, I was obviously in danger of getting comfortable with my army. So it was time to change things up a bit, and the next 2 games would be using the 1500 point list instead. More toys!Game 31500 points, Dominate!Rohan Keating, Empire of Dust

Ahmunite Pharaoh with Boomstick

Ahmunite Pharaoh with Wings of the Honeymaze

Revenant Horde with Brew of Strength

Mummy Troop

Mummy Troop

Enslaved Guardian Archer Horde

Bone Giant

Bone Dragon

Rowan had made the trip down from Sydney for the event and it was good to catch up. I preferred not to think about how he spanked me about up at Cancon, though. Time for revenge and stuff. Maybe.On the bright side, my 1500 point list was not too dramatically different from my 1000 point one. I still had things like the Warlock and Berserker Braves, so I had at least some idea of what went where...Nick came and visited the tournament in the afternoon, and ran off with my camera. Consequently I have a number of photos of people and models that have nothing to do with this game, but little in the way of the deployment on my own table.

I started by deploying my Shooter horde in a forest, because it seemed like the thing to do. It had a good view of the central objective, so it was not a bad place for a move-or-fire unit. Rowan then deployed giving them nothing whatsoever to shoot at. Kill-joy.

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Convic was on the weekend, and whilst it was not the massive event is has been in the past, it was a lot of fun. This was my third Kings of War tournament and as usual, my preparation for it was less rather careless. I had played 2 games of KoW with Ogres before the event – one of them with the 1000 point list I would be using on the day (which was a game to teach one of my friends who was also entering the event how to play the game – so I guess my preparation was still better than some). I had only played maybe 3 games of KoW in total since Cancon back in January. Moving house and then running the Albion campaign had distracted me somewhat.I’ve discussed it previously, but Convic required players to make 3 army lists of different sizes, because the game size grew as the event progressed. 2 games at 1000 points, 2 games at 1500 points, and then 3 games at 2000 points. My lists were:1000 points:

Horde of Warriors

Regiment of Berserker Braves

Regiment of Hunters with Brew of Haste

Regiment of Shooters

Captain with Blade of Slashing

Army Standard with the Boomstick

Warlock

1500 points:

Horde of Warriors

Horde of Warriors

Regiment of Berserker Braves

Horde of Siege Breakers

Horde of Shooters

Horde of Boomers

Captain with Blade of Slashing

Warlock

2000 points:

Legion of Warriors with Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar

Horde of Siege Breakers with Brew of Haste

Horde of Siege Breakers

Horde of Shooters with Brew of Keen-eyeness

Horde of Boomers with Heart-seeking Chant

Regiment of Chariots with Brew of Courage

Captain

Grokagamok

As is my tradition, I will run through each game and try to convey what is going on in the pictures. Some details I will no doubt have already forgotten. I’m good like that. Anyway, on we go!Game 11000 points, Kill!Matt Laing, Dwarves

Army Standard

Organ Gun

Flame Belcher

Ranger Regiment

Ironguard Regiment

Ironguard Regiment

Brock Rider Troop

Brock Rider Troop

My first game was against Dwarves, which was good. At least I know what Dwarves do. I tried to set up sensibly, with the Warlock giving Inspiring to the Berserkers and getting his extra spell dice, the Hunters lurking on the other flank, and my Shooters with a reasonable line of sight.

The game is afoot! My Hunters are hiding in the trees on the right. You can't see them properly because they have artful huntery skills.

Convic was on the weekend and no doubt a tournament report will be coming fairly soon. However I thought I might make a separate post to show how I did from a modelling and painting perspective, given that I posted several times to show my progress in the lead-up. This is how things looked on the day.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Norbert the Necromancer stood beside Korgorax, the Scourge of Albion and his new lord and master. The Wight Lord stood silently beneath the cover of the trees, looking out onto the valley. The area was lush and green, though slightly damp and boggy (so it was still relatively firm by Albion standards). And the valley was a bustling hive of activity as the Lizardman army scrambled to recover from a recent battle. It was apparent that they had come off second-best, however the odd trophy that had been retrieved was enough to show who they had been fighting.“It seems these lizards have also been fighting the Chaos worshippers,” Norbert said quietly.Korgorax gave no indication that he had heard, continuing to stare out across the field as though he was looking for something in particular.“My lord, there is no particular reason for us to fight these creatures,” suggested Norbert. “If they are fighting our rivals, perhaps it is better if we leave them to it and go around. We are lucky to have avoided being seen so far.”Korgorax stiffened suddenly and gave an angry hiss as a figure moved into sight in the valley. This figure was a strange inclusion in the Lizardman force, as he was clearly human and dressed in the primitive garb of a Truthsayer. The fires in Korgorax’s eyes blazed as he stared at the human and memories flooded his mind of battles fought centuries before – battles against armies of men and giants, and invariably those armies had been led by the magic of the Truthsayers. His skeletal hands clenched and opened involuntarily as he imagined closing them about the throat of the hated druid.The change in his demeanour was apparent to Norbert. Something had changed. “My lord…” he began, but was interrupted as the Wight Lord’s thoughts suddenly drowned out his own:We fight now. Prepare the legions.The Wight turned and stalked away hurriedly, followed by his pet Necromancer.It was only once they were clearly gone that the Chameleon Skinks that had been all around them began to move, hurrying toward the Lizardman army to warn them of the enemy’s presence.Our next battle takes place as Nick's Lizardmen are regrouping after their failed ambush upon Aaron's Chaos Warriors. Korgorax's Undead are now on the mainland and are making their way north. The Lizardmen simply got in the way. The scenario was a simple pitched battle.

There are now 2 days left until Convic. In practical hobby terms, that means there are 2 evenings left. Needless to say, time is running out. Given I am being asked by a few people each day for progress updates, I figured I should just post a proper update here.As of now, this is how my works in progress look:

This is the most complete of my WIP stuff - my Hunter regiment. I wanted to turn my Warhammer Hunter into the basis for a unit, but given he is on a 50x50mm base (with no hope of fitting on anything smaller), I had to improvise a bit to fill out the unit to the correct width (and mostly the correct depth, if you ignore the fat guy in the middle). That wolf on the right is on a 30x40mm base, chopped out of perspex (it was what I had lying around). All these guys need now is some static grass.

Sunday, 3 July 2016

Well Convic is in 5 days and I have been busy. Unfortunately I still have a lot to do. But I think I can get there.First of all, I had to submit my lists for the tournament, which pretty much meant deciding what I would commit to getting ready before the event. These are the Ogre lists I came up with:1000 points:

Horde of Warriors

Regiment of Berserker Braves

Regiment of Hunters with Brew of Haste

Regiment of Shooters

Captain with Blade of Slashing

Army Standard with the Boomstick

Warlock

1500 points:

Horde of Warriors

Horde of Warriors

Regiment of Berserker Braves

Horde of Siege Breakers

Horde of Shooters

Horde of Boomers

Captain with Blade of Slashing

Warlock

2000 points:

Legion of Warriors with Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar

Horde of Siege Breakers with Brew of Haste

Horde of Siege Breakers

Horde of Shooters with Brew of Keen-eyeness

Horde of Boomers with Heart-seeking Chant

Regiment of Chariots with Brew of Courage

Captain

Grokagamok

I'd make grand predictions of inevitable victory etc, but honestly I'll just be happy to get it all on the table in a completed state. Here is what I am still working on..